Parlor gymnasium apparatus



(No Model.)

J. GLOY. PARLOR GYMNASIUM APPARATUS.

No. 431,206. Patented July 1, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN GLOY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PARLOR GYM NASIUM APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 431,206, dated July 1,1890.

Appliation filed February 17, 1890. Serial No. 340,778. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOHN GLOY, a citizen of the United States, residingat Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have inventedanew and useful Improvement in Parlor Gymnasium Apparatus, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvement in portable gymnasium apparatusdesigned more especially for home use, where it may be readily placed inoperative position or removed at pleasure.

The object of my invention is to provide different gymnastic appliancesadapted to be combined in a single apparatus, whereby while each mayserve its original purpose they may be brought into such relativepositions as to render their successive use the more convenient, and tocause them to permit the practice of exercises rendered possible by themanner of combining them.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of adj ustably suspendedexercisingrings provided with means for attaching thereto other of theappliances, Fig. 2, a broken perspective view of the exercising-ringswith a turning-bar, affording a trapeze; Fig. 3, a perspective view ofthe apparatus with all the appliances in operative position, some of theappliances beingshown in dotted lines for purposes of illustration; Fig.4, a broken perspective view of the stirrups provided with a platform,and Fig. 5 a perspective view of the under side of the platform.

The exercising-rings A are suspended by straps A from hooks, which maybe secured to the upper part of a door-casing or other overhead-support,the straps being looped around the rings and provided at the ends withsliding buckles, whereby they may be adjusted to raise or lower therings, as desired. Secured to the exercising-rings A, by

short straps or bands 1, are small metal rings or eyes A the bands 15fitting closely around the exercising-rings to hold themselves byfriction at any adjusted position, whereby they, with the eyes, aremaintained out of the way when it is desired to use the exercisingringsalone. The trapeze-bar B is provided toward opposite ends with fastenersin the form of snap-hooks s, to engage the eyes A and support the bar inoperative position. The stirrups C have straps C, adjustable as tolength in the same manner as the straps A, and provided withfasteners-such as snap-hooks sto engage the eyes A from which thestirrups are thus suspended. The bases of the stirrups are formed withsockets r. The platform D is reduced in width toward its ends to enterthe stirrups C, and is provided on its under side with studs g, whichengage the sockets r, and operate to hold the platform against slipping.

The exercising-rings alone, or with the trapeze attached, may be used inthe ordinary way to train the muscles of the arms, chest, and back.WVhen the stirrups are used without the platform, the feet are insertedinto them, the operator grasping the exercisingrings or trapeze-bar whenin place with his hands to maintain his body upright. This appliance maybe used with great benefit in training the muscles of the whole body,and particularly those of the legs and feet. platform when adjusted maybe used forbalancing, to exercise the nervous system, to cultivatecourage and presence of mind.

\Vhile my improved apparatus maybe employed with benefit by grown peopleof both sexes, it is especially adapted for the use of children, by whomthe apparatus may also be used as a swing, the platform D affording theseat.

YVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In an exercising apparatus, the combination of the exercising-rings A,having means for suspending them from an overhead support, short bandst, tightly surrounding the rings to be held by friction in any position.thereon to which the bands are adjusted, and eyes A on the bands 75,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN GLOY.

In presence of J. W. DYRENFORTH, M. J. Faosr.

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